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The one thing that intrigued me about Atom is that it would actually run in the browser, meaning somebody would create a version you could load up in chrome/saf

The one thing that intrigued me about Atom is that it would actually run in the browser, meaning somebody would create a version you could load up in chrome/safari/firefox and connect to your github account etc. However I haven't seen anything of the sort yet. Does this exist? Locally, I've tried Atom every now and again and even with the new improvements in 1.1, as soon as you get above a certain threshold in number of lines it starts to slow down considerably (>= 250ms key-press, subjectively) which would only be acceptable if I was running in the browser and even then would be barely useable. Come to mind, the cloud9 ide feels 'snappier' that Atom.

terda12 11y ago
That's pretty much the #1 reason why most people still stick to sublime or other text editors. Atom just can't handle large files. It's a shame really because Atom actually looks great and works well as a point and click text editor. But right now Sublime offers everything Atom offers but built on a C++ engine. In Vim I can just open up a 21mb db dump, do some regex to delete unwanted rows, and be done after a few seconds. Its amazing how vim can handle large files. I cannot imagine doing the same in Atom.
- snurk 11y ago
  > right now Sublime offers everything Atom offers but built on a C++ engine. Oh come on now, that's really exagerating.
  - melling 11y ago
    Not really. C++ will be much faster than JavaScript. Your battery will last a lot longer on your laptop too. For many tasks JavaScript might be fast enough but as your project grows and you want to fo more complicated tasks, you'll hit a wall with JavaScript.
cguess 11y ago
Nitrous.io is the closest I've found. I use it quite often, especially on the road when I'm on a Chromebook instead of at my desk. It's a lightweight IDE (text editor really) and full console. With docker support.
- ivan_burazin 11y ago
  Have you tried out Codeanywhere.com? We just launched a new version that can handle huge files.
ivan_burazin 11y ago
A lot of Cloud IDEs actually are 'snappier' :)

terda12 11y ago

That's pretty much the #1 reason why most people still stick to sublime or other text editors. Atom just can't handle large files. It's a shame really because Atom actually looks great and works well as a point and click text editor. But right now Sublime offers everything Atom offers but built on a C++ engine. In Vim I can just open up a 21mb db dump, do some regex to delete unwanted rows, and be done after a few seconds. Its amazing how vim can handle large files. I cannot imagine doing the same in Atom.

snurk 11y ago
> right now Sublime offers everything Atom offers but built on a C++ engine. Oh come on now, that's really exagerating.
- melling 11y ago
  Not really. C++ will be much faster than JavaScript. Your battery will last a lot longer on your laptop too. For many tasks JavaScript might be fast enough but as your project grows and you want to fo more complicated tasks, you'll hit a wall with JavaScript.

cguess 11y ago

Nitrous.io is the closest I've found. I use it quite often, especially on the road when I'm on a Chromebook instead of at my desk. It's a lightweight IDE (text editor really) and full console. With docker support.

ivan_burazin 11y ago
Have you tried out Codeanywhere.com? We just launched a new version that can handle huge files.

ivan_burazin 11y ago

A lot of Cloud IDEs actually are 'snappier' :)